Domestic abuse bill fails to protect children and migrant women – charities

Children and migrant women are being overlooked by new laws designed to protect victims and punish perpetrators of domestic violence, charities have said. The long-awaited domestic abuse bill will be introduced in the House of Commons on Tuesday for its first reading; it was delayed by Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament and hold an …

Boris Johnson faces Lords rebellion over plans to legalise no fault ‘quickie’ divorce – Telegraph.co…

Boris Johnson faces a Lords rebellion from Conservative peers furious over his plans to legalise no fault ‘quickie’ divorces. Tory peers are planning to support a series of hostile amendments against Government plans which would allow no fault divorces to take place after as little as 20 weeks rather two years. In a letter to Saturday’s …